spavined
Americanadjective
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suffering from or affected with spavin.
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being of or marked by a decrepit or broken-down condition.
a spavined old school bus abandoned in a field.
adjective
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vet science affected with spavin; lame
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decrepit or worn out
Etymology
Origin of spavined
First recorded in 1400–50, spavined is from the late Middle English word spaveyned. See spavin, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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But how much has it squandered in this spavined, untrustworthy inquiry?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024
But it’s hardly as if Hirschfeld were content to sit in that spavined old barber’s chair up in his East Side aerie, sealed off from the wider world.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021
Kodak, once a powerhouse in the photography and specialty chemicals businesses, was a spavined shadow of its former self by 2019.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2020
Not the spavined buffoons of the Wodehousian imagination, but the revenge-crazed thugs of the century following the Restoration.
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2010
"And the little broken-knee'd and spavined pony you were compelled to borrow—do pray tell us how he carried you?" interposed Frank, looking as demure and innocent as possible.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
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